COMLEX Level 1 EXAM 2025 UPDATE/PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
(complete solutions) ASSURED SUCCESS/GRADED
A+!!!
Where is the L1 anterior lumbar point located?
Medial to the ASIS
"there is 1 I in ASIS for L1"
Where are the L2, L3, and L4 anterior lumbar
points located?
Medial, lateral, and inferior, respectively to the AIIS
Where is the L5 anterior lumbar point located?
On the pubic ramus, 1cm lateral to the pubic
symphysis
,What intrinsic hand muscles does the Median
Nerve innervate?
1. Lateral 2 lumbricals
2. Opponens pollicus
3. Abductor pollicus brevis
4. Flexor pollicus brevis
Everything else in hand = ULNAR
Above hand = Anterior interosseous n (branch of
median nerve) --> FPL, FDP, and Pronator quadratus
Antipsychotic med that causes agranulocytosis?
Clozapine (antagonism of serotonin 2A and
dopamine receptors)
Which DM drug causes weight gain and
hypoglycemia?
Sulfonylureas (glyburide, glimepiride, glipzide ) -->
close K+ channel of pancreatic beta cells to allow for
increased secretion of insulin
,Which DM drug causes lactic acidosis, reduced B12
lvls, and GI upset?
Metformin --> activates AMP-kinase to allow for
reduced gluconeogenesis
Which DM drug causes fluid retention,
osteoporosis, and liver fxn issues?
Thiazolidinediones (glitazones) --> agonists of PPAr-
gamma, allowing for glucose uptake into fat and
muscle reducing insulin resistance
Which DM drug causes pancreatitis, medullarly
thyroid CA?
GLP-1 agonists (glutides) --> suppress glucagon
release, delays gastric emptying, controls appetite
Which DM drug causes URI, HA, may increase risk
of CA?
DPP-4 inhibitors (gliptins) --> enhance GLP-1
Which DM drug causes UTIs, candidiasis,
dehydration, weight loss?
, SGLT2 inhibitors (flozins) --> block reabsorption in
PCT
Liver/Biliary/Pancreas CA tumor marker?
CA 19-9
Breast CA tumor marker?
CA 15-3
Ovarian CA tumor marker?
CA 125
melanoma, schwannoma tumor marker?
S100
Colorectal/pancreas cancer tumor marker?
CEA
if a physician performs an additional procedure
that was not consented to by the patient, this is an
example of what?
battery
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
(complete solutions) ASSURED SUCCESS/GRADED
A+!!!
Where is the L1 anterior lumbar point located?
Medial to the ASIS
"there is 1 I in ASIS for L1"
Where are the L2, L3, and L4 anterior lumbar
points located?
Medial, lateral, and inferior, respectively to the AIIS
Where is the L5 anterior lumbar point located?
On the pubic ramus, 1cm lateral to the pubic
symphysis
,What intrinsic hand muscles does the Median
Nerve innervate?
1. Lateral 2 lumbricals
2. Opponens pollicus
3. Abductor pollicus brevis
4. Flexor pollicus brevis
Everything else in hand = ULNAR
Above hand = Anterior interosseous n (branch of
median nerve) --> FPL, FDP, and Pronator quadratus
Antipsychotic med that causes agranulocytosis?
Clozapine (antagonism of serotonin 2A and
dopamine receptors)
Which DM drug causes weight gain and
hypoglycemia?
Sulfonylureas (glyburide, glimepiride, glipzide ) -->
close K+ channel of pancreatic beta cells to allow for
increased secretion of insulin
,Which DM drug causes lactic acidosis, reduced B12
lvls, and GI upset?
Metformin --> activates AMP-kinase to allow for
reduced gluconeogenesis
Which DM drug causes fluid retention,
osteoporosis, and liver fxn issues?
Thiazolidinediones (glitazones) --> agonists of PPAr-
gamma, allowing for glucose uptake into fat and
muscle reducing insulin resistance
Which DM drug causes pancreatitis, medullarly
thyroid CA?
GLP-1 agonists (glutides) --> suppress glucagon
release, delays gastric emptying, controls appetite
Which DM drug causes URI, HA, may increase risk
of CA?
DPP-4 inhibitors (gliptins) --> enhance GLP-1
Which DM drug causes UTIs, candidiasis,
dehydration, weight loss?
, SGLT2 inhibitors (flozins) --> block reabsorption in
PCT
Liver/Biliary/Pancreas CA tumor marker?
CA 19-9
Breast CA tumor marker?
CA 15-3
Ovarian CA tumor marker?
CA 125
melanoma, schwannoma tumor marker?
S100
Colorectal/pancreas cancer tumor marker?
CEA
if a physician performs an additional procedure
that was not consented to by the patient, this is an
example of what?
battery
